Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The true miracle isn’t walking on water or walking in air. Simply walking on this earth. – Thích Nhất Hạnh
There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze. – Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life
At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division. – Jesse Jackson
Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don’t know it, are asleep. They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the… Continue Reading “Spirituality Means Waking Up”
Hope is the deep orientation of the human soul that can be held at the darkest times. – Vaclav Havel
Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. – Kahil Gibran
During the month of August, I will be posting images from my recent cross country trip, which took me from Chicago to San Francisco, and back. I hope you will enjoy both the images and the reflections. Being defeated is often only a temporary… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Defeat is Temporary”
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. – Henry Ward Beecher
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. – Gautama Buddha